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BLUESTONE DRAIN
Location(rear of) BRISBANE STREET, and ORMOND ROAD, ASCOT VALE, MOONEE VALLEY CITY LevelIncluded in Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
How is it significant?
Why is it significant?
The bluestone drain at the rear of properties facing Ormond Road
and Brisbane Street, Ascot Vale is significant. This semi-circular or
spoon drain is constructed of bluestone and is six pitchers wide. At
its west end it begins at the corner of Waratah Street and Adelaide
street, crosses under Myrnong Crescent, and finally exits into an
underground culvert behind 51 Brisbane Street.
The bluestone drain at the rear of properties facing Ormond Road
and Brisbane Street, Ascot Vale is of local historic significance to
the City of Moonee Valley.
It is historically significant for its associations with the
subdivision and development of Ascot Vale in the early twentieth
century. It is a representative example of the above ground stormwater
culverts that were once common before underground drainage was phased
in by the mid-twentieth century. This drain is notable for its
considerable length when compared to other examples in Moonee Valley.
(Criteria A & D)
Group
Utilities - Drainage
Category
Storm Water Drain